In 2003, the chairman of the College Republicans hosted a Halloween party where one of the guests wore blackface. Members of the Undergraduate Student Government were in attendance, but no one spoke out against a multitude of offensive costumes. When the chairman shared photos of the event on his website, a controversy ignited. And after all this, Penn State still debates if it is permissible for students to use other cultures for their costumes.
Lisa Jackson, former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and current Vice President of Environmental Initiatives at Apple Inc., will be the keynote speaker for the 2014 Colloquium on the Environment on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. in Schwab Auditorium.
Slip on your running tights and lace up your sneakers! The THON 5K, or the FT5K, will take place this Sunday, Nov. 3 at 10 a.m.
A subcommittee has been meeting since April with the responsibility to design and plan the addition of a new, general instruction building to campus.
If Maryland coach Randy Edsall gets his way, Penn State and Maryland will soon call one another rivals. Obviously, there is work to be done for that to become a reality.
We found out what benefits are entailed with representing Penn State at the Division 1 level.